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| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course focuses on the practices and processes that managers in the business sector adopt to advance innovation and attention is also paid to the strategies that policy-makers from regulatory background pursue to manage innovation. Technological innovation will be examined through its process of exploring, executing, leveraging, and renewing from both the perspectives of entrepreneurs and regulators. Students will be guided to seek a collaborative governance mechanism that is workable for different players and sectors in innovation to achieve sustainable growth. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6126) | Mo 06:00PM - 08:50PM | Rm 233, W1 | HOU, Yun LI, Moyan SHIN, Jihoon | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course focuses on the theoretical and analytical perspective of public management and institutions. It introduces students to key concepts in the discipline of public management and institutional analysis. The course begins with a review of the evolution of thinking in this field. In the following sessions, students will be extensively exposed to theoretical frameworks. The course aims to equip students with theories that help students in building up their capacity toward academic research. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6127) | Tu 01:30PM - 04:20PM | Rm 222, W1 | XU, Kewei | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | The purposes of the course are to introduce to students key concepts in research design, and to help them develop skills in the design of empirical research for conducting innovation, policy and entrepreneurship studies. Specific emphasis will be on the use of quasi-experimental designs in policy research, as well as on their potentials and limitations. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6134) | Tu 09:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 228, E2 | WU, Xun | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| PREVIOUS CODE | IPEN 6100A |
| DESCRIPTION | This course introduces students to empirical methods and data management tools used in the current social science disciplines, with some special focuses on strategy, finance and applied micro-economics. The overall approach is to understand the common methods and research design used in the empirical research through intensive reading and replicating papers published in top journals. Students would also become proficient in the use of computer software that is widely used in analyzing quantitative data via empirical assignments. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6128) | Fr 03:00PM - 05:50PM | Rm 201, W2 | LI, Chenyang | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course will cover the key concepts and technologies of big data and data analysis, with a focus on the application of big data in formulating business strategies and policies, and related research issues on how big data affects the direction of business and policy development. The course will provide students with practical training on big data and data analysis based on real-world business or policy issues, ranging from collecting and preprocessing to organizing and analyzing large-scale data. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6129) | We 01:30PM - 04:20PM | Rm 102, W4 | MIAO, Lili | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course gives students a broad introduction to the key disruptive technologies, such as mobile internet, AI, and robotics, that have transformed our society. We will examine the practical applications of these technologies and discuss their socioeconomic impacts and policy responses. We will also look at the potential for businesses and governments to harness these disruptive technologies to deliver new services or improve existing ones and enhance value in public and private sectors. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6136) | Fr 09:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 122, E1 | MIAO, Lili | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course focuses on the development of the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) movement and its relationship with other long-standing concepts such as corporate social responsibility and sustainability. It aims to review the content, antecedences, and consequences of corporate ESG practices and stimulate new research ideas in related areas. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6131) | Mo 01:30PM - 04:20PM | Rm 201, E3 | HE, Jinyu | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course introduces behavioral economics - the incorporation of insights from psychology into economics - with an emphasis on its value for improving empirical predictions and policy decisions. Students will learn the major themes of behavioral economics and apply them to improve the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies in a wide variety of domains. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6144) | Mo 09:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 202, W4 | HONG, Jihao | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | The course introduces the conceptualizations of innovation policy and its instruments. It also develops evaluation methods to analyze the effects of these policy instruments and policy mixes. Cases of conceptual and empirical studies focus on the issues of innovation funding schemes and publicly funded science systems. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6145) | Mo 03:00PM - 05:50PM | Rm 222, W1 | LI, Guohuibin | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | Technological innovation is increasingly the source of sustainable competitive advantage for firms worldwide. This course introduces a grounding in the field of technology and innovation, with an emphasis on economic policy and business strategy. The course will be highly interactive and apply multiple disciplines including economics, management, law and public policy. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6150) | Th 03:00PM - 05:50PM | Rm 150, E1 | HOU, Yun | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This is an introductory course to entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship is defined as the creation and growth of business ventures, either as new organizations or inside existing ones, and as transformation of existing organizations. This course covers fundamental readings and current research with an emphasis on business venture creation. The objective is to give enough training that students can follow and contribute to entrepreneurship research. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6159) | Tu 01:30PM - 04:20PM | Rm 202, W4 | WANG, Xin | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| PRE-REQUISITE | IPEN 5140 |
| DESCRIPTION | In the digital age, there is more data available than ever before on human behavior: from analyzing an elected official’s opinion on Twitter to identifying a farmer’s crop choices through satellite images. This course aims to familiarize students in applied economics, public policy, and relevant disciplines with recent research that has used big data to push the cutting-edge of the applied economic and public policy fields. Through a combination of problem sets and independent projects, students will acquire the statistical and computational tools needed for making use of big data in empirical research. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6161) | Tu 06:00PM - 08:50PM | Rm 202, W4 | REN, Qianping | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| EXCLUSION | CNCC 5400 |
| CO-LIST WITH | CNCC 5400 |
| DESCRIPTION | This is a graduate-level interdisciplinary course focusing on the economics of environmental and sustainable development problems and the solutions to those problems. Students will learn to use tools from applied economics and relevant disciplines to better understand and evaluate a series of current policy questions, such as air and water pollution, climate change, environmental amenities, agricultural production, ecosystem services, and biodiversity. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6163) | Th 09:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 201, W2 | WANG, Wenjun | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| EXCLUSION | CNCC 5300 |
| CO-LIST WITH | CNCC 5300 |
| DESCRIPTION | All industries in China are actively taking effective actions to develop new and clean technologies in order to achieve the carbon peak and neutrality goal of shouldering the common destiny of human beings. This course examines the scientific, technological, and policy approaches that China and the rest of the world can take to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6166) | Th 09:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 103, E1 | LU, Jiaqi SONG, Yuqi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course introduces where, how and why carbon emissions come from and can be mitigated, with further understanding of related economic, technological and environmental aspects of actions. The course is organized into three main parts: • Part I: A general understanding of the major sources and removals of, sectoral and regional contributions to, greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and F gases) emissions across natural and anthropogenic systems, with an emphasis on transition away from fossil fuels. Focuses will be mainly on questions related to where, why, when and how. In addition, MRV (measurable, reportable, and verifiable) issues will covered in this part. • Part II: An in-depth investigation into mitigation options, their respective economic, social and technological potentials, and sectoral and regional effectiveness and impacts. • Part III: An overview of policy options, governance and co-operation among market and political entities, and further comparative analysis of mitigation policies and actions. Through lectures, readings, case examinations/illustrations and field trips, and data analysis exercises, students will develop skills to interpret CO2 emissions and mitigation options, evaluate methodological strengths and limitations, and carry out GHG MRV and carbon footprints assessments. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6192) | Mo 06:00PM - 08:50PM | Rm 202, E1 | PAN, Jiahua | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course introduces the scientific principles and practical methods for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using both bottom-up and top-down approaches. The course is organized into three main parts: • Part I: Overview of the major sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) across natural and anthropogenic systems, with emphasis on global budgets and controlling processes. • Part II: Bottom-up approaches, including emission inventories, process-based modeling, and activity data analysis, with applications to key sectors such as energy, agriculture, and land use. • Part III: Top-down approaches, including atmospheric observations from ground stations, aircraft, and satellites, coupled with atmospheric transport models and inverse modeling techniques to infer emissions. Through lectures, readings, and data analysis exercises, students will develop skills to interpret GHG fluxes, evaluate methodological strengths and limitations, and integrate complementary approaches for robust emission assessments. The course emphasizes both theoretical foundations and up-to-date research literature. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6183) | Mo 01:30PM - 04:20PM | Room 521H VR Room, W1 | CHEN, Zichong | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | As the magnitudes of environmental problems have increased, many of the most severe issues have become truly global challenges. Hundreds of international agreements have been signed, but their effectiveness has been inconsistent. Heightened concern about environmental quality has increased demand analysts who can navigate the political, economic, scientific, and technological dimensions of these issues to inform critical policy decisions in a multinational context. This class is designed to introduce students to the main concepts, frameworks, and actors involved in addressing environmental and climate problems of global scale. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6187) | We 01:30PM - 04:20PM | Rm 202, W1 | LU, Jiaqi | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [3-0-0:3] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | Nature-based solutions (NbS) are becoming increasingly important as effective strategies for achieving carbon neutrality and addressing climate change. This course offers an integrated introduction to how natural and managed ecosystems contribute to carbon removal, how NbS are designed and implemented, and how they fit within broader sustainability and climate policy frameworks. The course is organized into three parts: Part I: Scientific foundations A concise overview of climate change, the global carbon cycle, and the roles of land, ocean, and atmospheric systems in storing and releasing carbon. This section provides essential background for students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Part II: NbS strategies and real-world applications An in-depth exploration of major nature-based approaches across different ecosystems, including: land-based NbS such as soil and forest carbon enhancement and landscape restoration; wetland NbS including peatland restoration and riparian systems; coastal and marine NbS (blue carbon) such as mangroves and saltmarsh ecosystems; and urban and hybrid NbS including green infrastructure and emerging integrated approaches. Case studies from China and around the world will be used to illustrate effectiveness, co-benefits, risks, and implementation challenges. Part III: Policy, governance, and sustainability practice A review of how NbS are incorporated into national and global climate strategies, carbon neutrality pathways, ESG and corporate sustainability frameworks. This section highlights real-world decision-making and career-relevant perspectives in climate policy, sustainability planning, and environmental management. Through lectures, discussions, and group projects, students will develop interdisciplinary skills to understand, evaluate, and communicate how NbS contribute to carbon neutrality pathways in both scientific and practical contexts. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6219) | Tu 06:00PM - 08:50PM | Rm 202, E1 | LUO, Lina | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [1 credit] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course is expected to expose the RPg students to the current innovation, policy and entrepreneurship research and development, and provide them with opportunities to make social contacts with the speakers in both environmental innovation communities and policy communities. This course will be an essential part of training for our RPg students. Seminar II is an extension of Seminar I. While the overall design of the seminar course looks essentially the same, topics covered and guests invited will be differentiated. Graded P or F. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6180) | We 10:30AM - 11:50AM | Rm 102, W1 | REN, Qianping | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| VECTOR | [6 credits] |
|---|---|
| DESCRIPTION | This course consists of 6 credits and will last for two regular terms. In the first term, students learn and integrate the latest technology topics through seminars,lectures, and workshops. After completing four micro-policy analysis reports, students can familiarize themselves with technology policy hot spots and policy analysis tools, as well as the cooperation skills and role division among the groups. In the second term, they will complete group projects on selected topics for science and technology policy under the supervision offaculty members. The participation of the university’s internal community and external organizations in these projects will be highly encouraged. The university will be responsible for the control, management and evaluation of the project. Students will exercise their teamwork skills, analyze science and technology policy issues and develop concise reports of their findings and recommendations. They should write the paper acting as an assistant to a particular decision-maker in a government, nonprofit organization, business or private sector. This course is for MSc(TP) students only. May be graded PP. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 (6181) | We 09:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 102, W4 | HOU, Yun XU, Kewei | 40 Quota/Enrol/Avail MSc (TP) Year 2 Students: 40/0/40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| DESCRIPTION | Master's thesis research supervised by co-advisors from different disciplines. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned. |
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| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
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| R01 (6029) | TBA | No room required | TBA | 999 | 0 | 999 | 0 |
| DESCRIPTION | Original and independent doctoral thesis research supervised by co-advisors from different disciplines. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned. |
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| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 (6030) | TBA | No room required | TBA | 999 | 0 | 999 | 0 |